About Wheaton College

Wheaton College is an evangelical innovative arts studious and graduate scholarly in Wheaton, Illinois. It was founded by evangelical abolitionists in 1860. Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad and graduated one of Illinois’ first African-American teacher graduates.

Wheaton is noted for its “twin traditions of tone academics and deep faith,” according to Time magazine. Wheaton is included in Loren Pope’s influential tape Colleges That Change Lives. A 2017 article in The Economist described it as one of America’s foremost Christian institutions.

Wheaton is a suburban city in Milton and Winfield Townships and is the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois. It is located nearly 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 52,894, which was estimated to have decreased to 52,745 by July 2019, making it the 27th most populous municipality in Illinois.